swt_passenger
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Buried in one of yesterday's DfT announcements (cos the statement heading doesn't really suggest rail ticketing at all):
So although they don't use the terminology that sounds like progress with SEFT - and unusually SWT are going to be one of the second tranche of ITSO into London. (It does seem odd that SN's 'the key' can already be used at Waterloo)
Examples include the £70 million ITSO on Prestige (IoP) project that has upgraded Londons Oyster system to also accept ITSO smart ticketing and bank issued contactless payment cards. This is now bearing fruit; Southern Railway launched smart card ticketing into London in December 2013 and will be followed by c2c and South West Trains later this year.
The department has reached agreement with TfL and the train operators who currently accept Oyster to allow passengers to use their contactless payment cards as an alternative later this year.
https://www.gov.uk/government/speec...15-million-funding-for-cycle-rail-integration
So although they don't use the terminology that sounds like progress with SEFT - and unusually SWT are going to be one of the second tranche of ITSO into London. (It does seem odd that SN's 'the key' can already be used at Waterloo)